George W. Bush

The year Bush beat Gore, so to speak, many of us were saying that we’d vote for Gore but we’d prefer to hang with G.W. at a dinner party. So here’s the Oliver Stone biopic “W.,” out now on DVD and Blu-ray, claiming the good-old-boy image was an affectation honed by the ex-prez to make him seem more user-friendly. Who knew?
That and some other tidbits, along with a stirring performance by Josh Brolin in the title role, a complementary supporting go-round by James Cromwell as Bush Sr. and Richard Dreyfuss’ cloning of Dick Cheney form the essence of “W.,” a throwaway when Brolin’s not on the screen.

Stone spends most of the first half on a directionless Bush Jr. chugging bottles of booze; there are no Stone-like creative flourishes, just point-and-shoot moviemaking from an unimpressive screenplay. I expected better. Continue Reading →

Goodbye Mr. BushBush goes away from the White House… Tell him goodbye YOUR WAY (throwing boots, eggs, daisies or candies) This is a multi-highscore and cumulative-score game!

Some people will look at tomorrow’s inauguration as a hello to a President Barack Obama. On the other hand, other folks — Republicans, evangelical Christians, coma victims — will see it as a goodbye to President George W. Bush. With Goodbye Mr. Bush, you can say farewell to Mr. 43 in your own special way.

To actually make it non-assassinatey, T-Enterprise, the folks behind the game, make you a secret service agent trying to shoot the shoe down before it hits Bush. Not that it matters anyway … the man has a reflexes like the cat. But from the initial look at the game, it does appear that you’re trying to shoot el jefe.

As for Bush’s Boot Camp itself, eh, I’m not too impressed. It’s not really fun, and I imagine, you’d only play it for as long as this story is popular. Trust me, I don’t think it will last past the end of the week.